Leila Philip Explained

Leila Philip
Birth Date:	April 18, 1961
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Education:	Princeton University (BA) Columbia University (MFA)
Genres:	Poetry; Non-Fiction
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Spouse:	Garth Evans

Leila Philip (born April 18, 1961) is an American writer, poet and educator.

Life

Leila Philip grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, with a A.B. in Comparative Literature and a Fifth-Year Degree in East Asian Studies^[1] From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu,^[2] then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction.^[1]

Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University,^[3] Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence.^[4] In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program.^[5]

Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast,^[6] The Chenango Valley Writers Conference,^[7] and Fairfield University.^[8] Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University.^[9]

Bibliography

• Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. Twelve Books. Hachette Publishing Group. 2022. . "Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America."
• Water Rising. 2015. New Rivers Press. 10.1353/rvt.2014.0008. Philip. Leila. River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. 15. 2. 1–2. 201777731. subscription. ^[10]

A collaboration between Leila Philip and her partner Garth Evans.^[11]

• Book: A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family. registration. A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family.. 2001. Viking. 978-0-6700-3013-2.

One woman's journey to uncover her family's history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.^{[12] [13]}

Winner of the Victorian Society Book Award^[14]

• Book: Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States. 1992. U.S. Japan Program Series, New York Japan Society. 9780685703670.

Examines the evolving roles of women in Japan and the implications for Japanese society.^[15]

• Book: The Road Through Miyama. registration. The Road Through Miyama.. 1989. Random House. 978-0-3945-7818-7.

The story of Leila Philip's journey to Miyama^[16] –a village settled almost four centuries ago by seventy Korean potters–where she was accepted as an apprentice into the workshop and home of master potter Kazy Nagayoshi and his wife, Reiko.^[17]

Anthologized

• 2015: Brief Encounters, edited by Judith Kitchen, (W. W. Norton & Company)^[18]
• 2010: Why We're Here, edited by Bob Cowser, (Colgate University Press)^[19]
• 2008: Creating Nonfiction, edited by Becky Bradway, (St. Martin's Press)^[20]
• 1993: Maiden Voyages, edited by Mary Morris, (Vintage Books)^[21]

Awards and honors

• 2020 Furthermore Publication Award, J.M, Kaplan Fund
• 2020 Society of Environmental Journalists Story Grant Award
• 2019 Michigan Humanities Council Fellowship
• 2017 American Antiquarian Society Artist & Writers Baron Fellowship for Historical Research
• 2015 Ct Arts /NEA Initiative Grant funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
• 2014: Pushcart Prize in Literature, Nomination for Water Rising
• 2014: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend^[22]
• 2007: Guggenheim Fellowship, Literary Nonfiction^[23]
• 2002: Publication Award, the Victorian Society of America^[14]
• 2000: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in American Studies^[24]
• 1999: American Association of University Women, American Fellowship^[25]
• 1999: Furthermore, J.M. Kaplan Fund^[26]
• 1994: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature^[27]
• 1991: James Thurber Writer-in-Residence, The Ohio State University, Columbus^[4]
• 1990: PEN/Martha Albrand Special Citation for Nonfiction.^[28]

External links

• "Leila Philip" at the author's website
• Leila Philip's Profile at her official Facebook page
• Water Rising at her news book's official website
• "Leila Philip" on Amazon's Author Central
• The Boston Globe
• College of the Holy Cross professor profile
• Riverteeth
• Speculative Nonfiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leila Philip College of Arts & Sciences Ashland University. ashland.edu. January 14, 2017.
2. Web site: Dialogues in Clay Victoria and Albert Museum. vam.ac.uk. November 5, 2015. January 14, 2017.
3. Web site: The literature of fact (The Colgate Scene, November 2001). www4.colgate.edu. January 14, 2017.
4. Web site: Columbus News and Obituary Index. columbuslibrary.org. January 14, 2017.
5. Web site: Leila S. Philip College of the Holy Cross. college.holycross.edu. January 14, 2017.
6. Web site: Maine Humanities Council: Stonecoast MFA Podcast. mainehumanities.org. January 14, 2017.
7. Web site: Around the College. www4.colgate.edu. January 14, 2017.
8. http://www.fairfield.edu/media/CAS_administration.pdf CAS administration
9. Web site: Faculty College of Arts & Sciences Ashland University. ashland.edu. January 14, 2017.
10. Web site: Water Rising: Garth Evans and Leila Philip - artcritical artcritical. January 14, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402044105/http://www.artcritical.com/2015/11/07/garth-evans-and-leila-philip-water-rising/. April 2, 2016. mdy-all.
11. Web site: DIAGRAM :: Leila Philip and Garth Evans. thediagram.com. January 14, 2017.
12. Web site: Apples & History: a Q & A with Leila Philip Rural Intelligence. ruralintelligence.com. January 14, 2017.
13. News: An Estate Lives On, Thanks to Apples - The New York Times. The New York Times. November 2001. January 14, 2017. Smith. Dinitia.
14. Web site: Victorian Society in America: Metropolitan Chapter: Newsletter. vicsocny.org. January 14, 2017.
15. Web site: Academic Programs College of the Holy Cross. college.holycross.edu. January 14, 2017.
16. Web site: Robert Yellin's Japanese Pottery Blog: November 2007. e-yakimono.blogspot.com. January 14, 2017.
17. Web site: The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip ahorseandacarrot. ahorseandacarrot.wordpress.com. May 10, 2013. January 14, 2017.
18. Book: Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. Kitchen, J.. Lenney, D.. 2015. W. W. Norton. 9780393351002. January 14, 2017.
19. https://books.google.com/books?id=QOIXQwAACAAJ&q=Why+We're+Here,+edited+by+Bob+Cowser,+(Colgate+University+Press) "Leila Philip"
20. https://books.google.com/books?id=einIPQAACAAJ&q=Creating+Nonfiction+(St.+Martin's+Press)+Becky+Bradway "Creating Nonfiction"
21. Book: Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers. Morris, M.. 2012. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 9780307766472. January 14, 2017.
22. Web site: Summer Stipends Awards 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities. neh.gov. January 14, 2017.
23. Web site: College of the Holy Cross. news.holycross.edu. January 14, 2017.
24. Web site: College of the Holy Cross. news.holycross.edu. January 14, 2017.
25. Web site: AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881: Fellowships Directory. aauw.org. January 14, 2017.
26. Web site: Archived copy . October 9, 2015 . October 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151022115835/http://www.furthermore.org/archives.html . dead .
27. Book: NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers. Ball, D.. 2008. DIANE Publishing Company. 9781437907322. 34. January 14, 2017.
28. Web site: Leila Philip (Author of The Road Through Miyama). goodreads.com. January 14, 2017.